Library and documentation

The MoCAB’s library and documentation department has the most exhaustive collection of materials pertaining to the 20th and 21st century arts in Yugoslavia, Serbia, and the region. Its collection hold various pieces of specialist literature: books, exhibition catalogues, periodical publications, as well as e-publications by national and foreign authors from the field of history and art theory, contemporary art, philosophy, aesthetics, architecture, design, film, etc.

The library contains 5,700 books, collection of 24,000 catalogues of exhibitions held at home and abroad, and some 380 titles of the Yugoslav and foreign specialist periodicals from 1900 until today. A special place in the library’s collection belongs to the publications from the beginning of the 20th century and the avant-garde editions (Zenit, Nemoguće) that today represent librarian rarities.

The content of the hemerotheque collection is particularly valuable. It comprises newspaper documentation, news clippings related to the Yugoslav and Serbian artists, exhibitions, art critique, institutions, and so forth. The news clippings are arranged according to respective subject matter and artist records.

Within the collection’s framework there is also photodocumentation, composed of photos, negatives, contact prints, and slides, of the artworks from the MoCAB collections. In addition, there is a large number of videos of exhibition preparations, exhibition views and openings, alongside other events related to the institution’s activity. The photodocumentation also contains photos made for the needs of the service of conservation-restoration, exhibitions and events outside the MoCAB, etc.

The library is opened for visit by professional public, on appointment, each working day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact:phone: +381 11 367 62 90e-mail: biblioteka@msub.org.rs